WASHINGTON — Dr. Marty Makary, President Donald Trump’s FDA Commissioner, resigned Tuesday, May 12, 2026, after just over a year in the role, capping a tenure marked by policy clashes, staff turnover, and public criticism from figures within the administration’s health reform circles. Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon known for his outspoken views on COVID-19 policies during the pandemic, faced mounting pressure from multiple sides. Health industry executives, anti-abortion adv

How FDA's Vaccine Safety Algorithm May Have Hidden Serious Side Effects — And What Happened to the Scientist Who Tried to Fix Three Wise Monkeys symbolize the suppression or masking of vaccine safety signals. Imagine you're running a giant complaint box for car accidents. Every time someone reports a crash, you throw the note into the box. To spot patterns — like “this one model of car keeps having brake failures” — you use a computer program that compares new complaints agai